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Getty Images It’s not quite the Brady Six, but Saints receiver Michael Thomas likely is thinking about five specific names as the ink dries on his five-year, $100 million* extension. (The asterisk will be explained in a future post.) In 2016, five receivers were drafted before Thomas, the 47th...

Getty Images Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield got upset with the team’s wide receivers during a training camp practice over the weekend for not coming back to the ball when he was scrambling and he said on Wednesday that his on-field reaction was followed by further conversation. Mayfield...

Getty Images The Browns are inducting Clay Matthews Jr. into their Ring of Honor, the team announced Wednesday. Matthews, the father of Rams linebacker Clay Matthews III, heard the news from General Manager John Dorsey earlier this summer. Clay Matthews played for the Browns for 16 seasons...

Getty Images With the Browns sporting an embarrassment of riches at receiver, second-year wideout Antonio Callaway has sunk embarrasingly low on the depth chart. According to Scott Patsko of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Callaway has been stuck on the second team through the first five days of...

Getty Images The Browns will honor one of the greatest players in NFL history with a statue. The question is: What took so long? Owners owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam announced Tuesday they will unveil a statue of Otto Graham at FirstEnergy Stadium during the Browns’ Fantennial Weekend Sept. 6-8...

The agent for Browns running back Duke Johnson was in Cleveland on Monday, chatting with General Manager John Dorsey and assistant G.M. Eliot Wolf before practice. “It’s all internal,’’ agent Drew Rosenhaus told Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com. “We’ll keep it between us.’’ Dorsey told Cabot...

Getty Images Myles Garrett has 20.5 sacks in 27 NFL games so far. He made his first Pro Bowl last season. It isn’t good enough for the Browns defensive end, who seeks defensive player of the year and All-Pro honors this season. The Browns, too, believe the 2017 No. 1 overall pick has even...

Getty Images If you’re in the only time zone that really matters (and I realize that every time I’m outside of it), it’s lunch time. You need something to pass the time while opening up the lunch pail. Here’s something you can do: Watch Monday’s PFTOT. The tail on the PFT Live donkey...

Getty Images In the coming season, the Browns will try to show everyone that they’re No. 1. Cleveland defensive end Chad Thomas showed a different No. 1 to a heckling fan on Sunday. Via multiple reports, Thomas flashed the middle finger at a fan who yelled at Thomas to hustle. Coach Freddie...

Getty Images Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham paid quarterback Baker Mayfield a compliment in June when he said he has to adjust to the quarterback’s arm strength because it “is completely different” than anyone he’s played with in the past. Mayfield has had to do some adjusting as well...

Getty Images The Browns did some roster shuffling after the first few days of training camp. The team announced the signings of center John Yarbrough and running back A.J. Ouellette. Center Lo Falemaka and tackle Ka’John Anderson were waived in corresponding moves. Ouellette arrives at a...

Getty Images Some quarterbacks opt to call out teammates publicly. One quarterback on Saturday chose to call out teammates privately. But loud enough that it was heard publicly. Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield reacted to a failed...

Getty Images The status of running back Kareem Hunt on the Browns’ roster may be more tenuous than believed. Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam met with reporters on Sunday, and it became clear that Hunt isn’t automatically going to stay on the roster when his eight-game suspension ends. “We...

As the NFL has worked diligently to make the game safer, it’s becoming harder to prepare players for playing the game. Specifically, it’s becoming harder to teach them to tackle. Browns coach Freddie Kitchens spent some time on Saturday explaining the balance that teams now have to strike...

Getty Images When discussing defensive lineman Mike Daniels‘s release on Thursday, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said that he hoped he wouldn’t have to face Daniels this season. Rodgers may have to face him twice. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Daniels is finalizing a deal with the...

When quarterback Baker Mayfield last commented on running back Duke Johnson, some members of the team were reportedly unhappy that he publicly shared a negative view of his teammate’s trade request. Mayfield said Johnson’s situation was “self-inflicted” and that the team was looking for players...

Getty Images When news that the Packers were releasing defensive lineman Mike Daniels broke on Wednesday morning, one of the responses was to wonder why the team waited until the start of training camp to make the move. General Manager Brian Gutekunst was asked about that in a press conference...

Getty Images It didn’t take long for Mike Daniels to line up his first trip, latching onto a popular offseason destination. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Daniels is visiting the Browns this afternoon. It’s the first visit for a talented lineman who was a surprise cut in Green Bay...

Getty Images The Browns got the first crack at signing Gerald McCoy. They didn’t sign him. They’re now getting the first crack at Mike Daniels. Daniels, a late entry to the free-agent market after being cut by the Packers on Wednesday, is in Cleveland visiting the Browns, PFT has confirmed...

Getty Images Browns running back Duke Johnson reported to training camp today amid talk that he’s unhappy with his contract and eager to be traded. Johnson’s coach doesn’t sound eager to trade him. Browns coach Freddie Kitchens said today that he thinks there’s plenty of balls to go around in...